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Re: Windows Screen Saver Password

> I recently inherited a 486 machine. The person who previously used
> the machine is no longer with the company but had set a password on
> the screen saver in control panel of windows.

Barbara,

What happens if you use a different screen saver? If you install a =
non-Microsoft saver (from any cover disk, for instance) and then set the =
password option for that screen saver, the password you set should be =
entirely separate from the original screen saver. That should tide you =
over until you can find someone clever who knows how to break the =
password option on the original screen saver.